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Old 07-01-2010, 02:35 PM   #4
Lippyp
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Location: Shropshire, UK/ Lot, France
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Re: My British Truck build

More new parts and some old ones back.

Ignition upgrade, one Pertonix Ignitor electronic ignition conversion kit for my Mallory Twin spark distributor and one 40,000V Flamethrower coil. Seems to be the best way to ditch the points and get electronic reliability.



Just been and picked up the valve covers from the blasters after they've been soda blasted. The plan is to see if they'll polish up on the sides and then paint the top black with just the top of the fins and writing polished.





Just got to gut the distrubtor, give the outside a clean up and maybe a bit of a polish and then fit the new bits inside. Then I can shove it back in, finish up putting the rest of the bits back on, wire it all up with the new loom and then get it running and time it up.
Then I need to sort the brakes out, I have sourced a factory power brake setup from a very kind member on here, as at the moment it has manual drums all round. They stop well but are hard work so this will make it easier. I have to fit all the bracketry and linkages and the servo and plumb it in.

Due to it standing outside it now needs a number of new brake pipes so I'm going to change the whole lot for stainless steel lines from Inline Tube and fit stainless braided hoses for a firmer pedal.

Then I have some interior stuff to do, new carpet, a new red flake moon steering wheel, Moon quarter sweep rev counter to mount on the column, tints to remove from the windows as they are ludicrously dark and illegal here. I have an audio install to do at some point with an 8" sub and a couple of amps.

There might be other stuff to do (isn't there always!) and eventually when I get a workshop big enough to actually get her in she'll get a full on resto done.
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'67 C10 long fleet.
350/TH350, 4 bbl Carter, K&N, Dual exhaust, loads of stuff coming soon

2001 S10 Blazer Daily Driver, bone stock 4 door 4x4 with manual transmission
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